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Healthy sexuality resources
T o learn more about healthy sexuality, check out the following resources. Many of the
resources listed below provide links to other websites, reading lists, and newsletters for more
information. Descriptions are adapted directly from their websites.
Online resources about healthy sexuality
The American Social Health Association (ASHA)
www.ashastd.org
ASHA is dedicated to improving the health
of individuals, families and communities with
an emphasis on sexual health and a focus on
preventing sexually transmitted diseases.
Association of Sexuality Educators,
Counselors, and Therapists (ASSECT)
www.aasect.org
ASSECT is an interdisciplinary professional
organization promoting understanding of human
sexuality and healthy sexual behavior.
Healthy Sexuality for Sexual Violence
Prevention: A report on promising curriculum-
based approaches
http://www.vsdvalliance.org/primary_prevention/
partners/vsdvaaStatewide/tools/Healthy%20
Sexuality%20Curriculum%20Report_FINAL.pdf
This list of curricula by the Virginia Sexual and
Domestic Violence Action Alliance focuses on
tools that prevent unhealthy behaviors.
Internet Sexuality Information Services (ISIS)
www.isis-inc.org
ISIS develops technology for promotion of sexual
health and healthy relationships. ISIS provides
leadership, innovation, educational resources
and research in online sexual health promotion.
The Line Campaign
http://whereisyourline.org
The Line Campaign empowers young leaders
to create a world without sexual violence. This
campaign creates dialogues around sexuality,
relationships, consent and sexual violence by
using film, social media, and community building.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
(NSVRC)
www.nsvrc.org
Founded by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against
Rape in 2000, the NSVRC develops and
disseminates resources regarding all aspects of
sexual violence prevention and intervention.
Personal SPACE
www.thearcmd.org/programs/personal_space.html
A gender violence prevention curriculum
for women with developmental disabilities
developed by the Arc Maryland. The curriculum—
The Personal SPACE Program—was developed
by women with developmental disabilities,
family members, and professionals in the fields
of developmental disabilities, sex education,
counseling, violence prevention, training, and evaluation.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
www.plannedparenthood.org
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s leading
sexual and reproductive health care provider
and advocate. Planned Parenthood offers
information and tools for teens, parents and
educators.
S.A.F.E. A Personal Safety Training Guide for
Adults with Disabilities and Care Providers
http://www.pcar.org/abuse-those-disabilities
S.A.F.E. is designed to educate adults with
disabilities about abuse and their rights. This
curriculum includes a module on sexual abuse
that serves as a safety guide exploring ways to
prevent and handle abuse situations.
SexEdLibrary
www.sexedlibrary.org
SexEdLibrary, a comprehensive online resource
for sexuality education, is a project of the
Sexuality Information and Education Council of
the United States. SexEdLibrary provides lesson
plans and resources on sexual and reproductive
health, relationships and body image.
Sexuality Information and Education Council
of the United States (SIECUS)
www.siecus.org
SIECUS provides education and information
about sexuality and sexual and reproductive
health.
WholeSomeBodies: Broadening the Conversation
About Sexuality and Sexual Violence Prevention
www.vtnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/WSB-
manual-09.pdf
This sexuality education resource focuses on
integrating sexuality into our wholeness as an
approach to sexual violence prevention, created
by the WholeSomeBodies workgroup of the
Vermont Sexual Violence Prevention Task Force.
World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)
www.worldsexology.org
WAS promotes sexual health throughout the life
span and through the world by promoting and
supporting sexology and sexual rights.
World Health Organization (WHO)
www.who.int/topics/sexual_health/en/
WHO is the coordinating authority for health
within the United Nations system. The health
topics webpage on sexual health provides links
to publications and fact sheets on sexual health.
Online resources related to youth
Advocates for Youth
www.advocatesforyouth.org
Advocates for Youth works help young people
make informed and responsible decisions about
their reproductive and sexual health.
Answer
http://answer.rutgers.edu
Answer is a national organization dedicated
to providing and promoting comprehensive
sexuality education to young people and the
adults who teach them.
The Consensual Project
www.theconsensualproject.com
The Consensual Project partners with schools
and universities to bring programming on
consent to students. The curriculum, workshops,
and website empower young people to
incorporate consent into their daily lives.
I Wanna Know
www.iwannaknow.org
Iwannaknow.org , by the American Social Health
Association (ASHA), offers information on
sexual health, sexually transmitted infections
(STIs), and healthy relationships for teens
The Native Youth Sexual Health Network
(NYSHN)
www.nativeyouthsexualhealth.com
NYSHN is an organization working on issues of
healthy sexuality, cultural competency, youth
empowerment, reproductive justice, and sex
positivity by and for Native youth.
Relationship Status
www.youblisher.com/p/191492-Relationship-Status
This online booklet by the Vermont Network
Against Domestic and Sexual Violence uses
comic book illustrations and activities to discuss
healthy relationships and sexuality for teens.
Scarleteen: Sex Ed for the Real World
www.scarleteen.com
Scarleteen is a grassroots sexuality education
and support organization and website.
Stay teen
www.stayteen.org
Stayteen.org offers information on sex,
relationships and contraception for teens.
Sex, Etc.
www.sexetc.org
Sex, Etc. is part of the Teen-to-Teen Sexuality
Education Project developed by Answer, a
national organization dedicated to providing and
promoting comprehensive sexuality education to
young people and the adults in their lives.
Online resources on talking
with children about sexuality
Children Now
www.childrennow.org/index.php/learn/twk_sex
Children Now promotes children’s health and
education through multi-issue research, policy
development, and advocacy. The Talking with
Kids about Tough Issues webpage on sex and
relationships provides parents with tools and
advice on discussing sex and sexuality.
Flash Lesson Plans:
Comprehensive Sexuality Education
www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/
personal/famplan/educators/flash.aspx
From the King County Office of Public Health,
FLASH uses an abstinence-based strategy while
talking about healthy sexuality throughout the
life span and prevention of HIV/AIDS, sexually-
transmitted infections (STIs), and pregnancy.
Life Planning Education:
A Youth Development Program
www.advocatesforyouth.org/
publications/555?task=view
Advocates for Youth’s family-life education
program, Life Planning Education: A Youth
Development Program, includes chapters on
sexuality, relationships, health, violence, and
prevention as well as chapters on skills-building,
values, self-esteem and parenting.
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont
www.pcavt.org
Prevent Child Abuse Vermont promotes healthy
relationships between children and the people
who care for them to eliminate child abuse.
There’s No Place Like Home … for Sex Education
www.noplacelikehome.org
This resource provides relevant, age-appropriate
sexuality information, and communication hints
for parents. Based on Planned Parenthood’s,
There’s No Place Like Home... For Sex Education,
this resource is available in Spanish and has
been adapted for Native American communities.
Online resources about gender and sexuality
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
(GLSEN)
www.glsen.org
GLSEN is an education organization working to
ensure safe schools for all students, regardless
of sexual orientation and gender identity.
Services include research briefs, policy action
and tools for community organizing.
It’s All One
www.popcouncil.org/publications/books/2010_
ItsAllOne.asp
The Population Council’s It’s All One curriculum
provides guidelines an d activities for a unified
approach to sexuality, gender, HIV and human
rights education.
MyStrength
www.mystrength.org
The MyStrength campaign centers on the theme
of “My Strength is Not for Hurting,” and is
designed to raise awareness of sexual violence
among youth and highlight the role that young
men can play in healthy, safe relationships.
TrueChild
www.truechild.org
TrueChild promotes “gender transformative”
approaches to improving life outcomes for
children and youth, particularly in reproductive
health, gender-based and homophobic violence,
and educational under-achievement.
Online resources about sexuality in later life
American Psychological Association (APA)
www.apa.org/pi/aging/resources/guides/
sexuality.aspx
APA’s Aging and Human Sexuality Resource
Guide provides information about aging and
sexuality for health care professionals.
National Sexuality Resource Center (NSRC)
http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/issues/sex-and-aging
National Sexuality Resource Center creates
content founded on sexual literacy—the positive,
integrated, and holistic view of sexuality from a
social justice perspective.
Sexuality in Later Life
www.sexualityandaging.com
The Sexuality and Aging Today blog is dedicated
to enhancing the sexual health, knowledge
and well-being of people in mid and later life
by providing quality sexuality education to
individuals, couples and to professionals who
serve them.